5 opening analysis

• SHUTTER ISLAND

  Mystery  Thriller  
  
  Director: Martin Scorsese
  

  Writers: Laeta Kalogridi

   Box Office

Budget: 

$80.000.000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: 

£2.250.178 (UK)

Gross: 

$127.968.405 (USA) (4 June 2010)

Movie:  http://putlocker.tw/watch-shutter-island-online-free-putlocker-2010.html 

- The soundtrack is composed by the sound of violins that creates a creepy and intense atmosphere. 

- The first thing that is shown is a ship coming out from the fog.

- Then we see the main character, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, vomiting because of seasick. He tries to control himself, from this we see that his character is a person who want to be organized and having control of everything.

• ZODIAC

Crime  Drama  Thriller Mystery

Director: David Fincher

Writers: James Vanderbilt

Box Office

Budget: 

$65.000.000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: 

 £818.369 (UK) (18 May 2007)

Gross: 

 £3.440.289 (UK) (22 June 2007)

 

- We are been informed that the movie is based on a true story.

- The soundtrack is a relaxing music.

-The atmosphere gives a sense of happiness.

- The sequence is set up from the point of view of a car driver. Seeing the side of the road as if we are driving.

- The firsts characters that are shown are the firsts two victims.

 

 

• THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT 

Crime  Drama  Horror  Thriller

Director: Dennis Iliadis

Writers: Adam Alleca, Carl Ellsworth

Budget:

$15.000.000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£392.163 (UK) (12 June 2009)

Gross:

£880.716 (UK) (19 June 2009)

 Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFlI_ph1vEw

- The soundtrack is composed by piano, violins and harp and helps to give that creepy and suspense atmosphere of a thriller movie.

- the first sequence is set up in a forest. The only light comes from right and illuminates the wood one by one.

- Then the sequence moves from the forest into the inside of a car where we see a condemned at the back of the car (the killer)

• THE PRESTIGE  

Drama  Mastery  Thriller

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan

Box Office

Budget:

$40.000.000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1.109.729 (Australia) (17 November 2006)

Gross:

$53.082.743 (USA) (2 February 2007)

  

Opening scene:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI_qlGJ4OO0

- The firsts second the soundtrack is composed by a diegetic sound and then is replaced of a crescendo sound of piano. The more the scene becomes intense the more the music becomes intese.

- All the sequence is characterized of jumping cuts of something that happens now and something that will happen later on in the movie.

• THE SIXTH SENSE

  

Drama  Mystery  Thriller

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Writer: M. Night Shyamalan

Box Office

Budget:

$40.000.000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£257.479 (UK) (5 November 1999)

Gross:

$293.501.675 (USA) (12 May 2000)

 

Movie:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD5DIm3gUQU

- At the beginning the only souns we hear is a diegetic sound (woman's shoes) The atmosphere seems like the one of an horror movie, because we see the character being cold and afraid of something but then she comes back to the other character, (one of the main) a nice song take place of the silence and everything becomes relaxing.